Slugfest Quotes

“There was a great effort to make sure we had the same number of people they had, the same number of lines," says Shirrel Rhoades, who joined Marvel in 1996 as publisher. "I took the page to [president] David Schreff, and I said, 'Here we have Paul Levitz on DC's side. What title should I have?' Basically Schreff said, 'You can have whatever title Levitz has.'"
So Rhoades walked out of the office a new executive vice president.”
― Reed Tucker, Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC

“That same year DC had Superman: Doomed (“the super-event you have been waiting for”) and Futures End, which the company boasted would “forever alter the direction” of the DC universe.”
― Reed Tucker, Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC

“In 2014 alone Marvel gave readers—among others—Original Sin, which promised to “reveal shocking secrets about every major Marvel character!” Axis, which the company trumpeted would “change everything!” and Death of Wolverine, “the single most important X-Men event of the decade.”
― Reed Tucker, Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC

“(Nomad, anyone?)”
― Reed Tucker, Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC

“DC’s gamble on creators and unique voices paid off, producing what is perhaps the most fertile period in the company’s—and the industry’s—history. This was the moment comics finally grew up and began to be taken seriously.”
― Reed Tucker, Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC

“At DC there was a tendency sometimes to resist learning from the competition because it was the competition,” says Mark Evanier, a screenwriter and former DC freelancer. “And when they did learn, they frankly learned the wrong things.”
― Reed Tucker, Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC

“As a result, my generation became the first who didn’t need to age out of superheroes.”
― Reed Tucker, Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC